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Adhesive Hooks Dress Up Your Dresser

Adhesive hooks come in handy when you need to create space in your bedroom–or living room, bathroom or hallway. We all have a lot of accoutrements and they need a nice place to live.

Here’s a simple way to add storage space to your life, and all you need is a dresser, bookcase, or even a picture frame. Hang an adhesive hook (or two or three) on the side, and you have the place for your scarves, jewelry, bangles, or belts (if the hook is high enough!).

Turn a simple storage solution into art–add your jewelry and mix in photos and postcards for a bit of flair.

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Bobby pins are a long-time beauty staple: helping to create hair styles from retro pin-up pin curls to modern “dos.” These little helpers have been around since the 1920s and have evolved to include mini-bobbies, camo bobbies and even Hello Kitty bobbies. Yet still there hasn’t been a good way to carry them […]

DIY drawer dividers are easy to make with something you probably already have in your closet: shoeboxes. Drawer dividers help you make the most of each dresser drawer. It’s like having a bunch of little drawers in one place, giving you more room and keeping things neat and tidy. Think […]

A little bit of time spent to thoroughly clean your gutters can yield big dividends, in terms of cost savings and peace of mind. Typically this would require setting up a tall ladder and getting to work. Keeping the gutters on your house free of debris can save you tons of […]

Keep the back seat of your car clean and free of clutter, once and for all. If you’re like most people, you use the back seat as a catch-all: a place for your sporting equipment, an extra jacket, empty water bottles, mail, recyclable bags, and whatever else you don’t want […]

A pool noodle comes in handy for all sorts of things, including protecting your car door. If you’re tired of whacking your car door agains the wall inside your garage (or even in the driveway, against a fence), this simple trick will take your worries away. Pick up some foam noodles from […]

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Remove water stains from your coffee tables, dining room table or even your piano bench (!) with the concentrated heat of your hair dryer. Cool glasses of water or hot cops of tea–along with those sippy cups full of juice that your kids love–leave a white mark on wood furniture. […]

A DIY vacuum extension can come in handy when the parts that came with your vacuum just aren’t doing the trick. Let’s say you want to reach all the way under your couch or bed, or behind the t.v., without having to move the furniture around. You can make your vacuum […]

Hang paper towels the easy way at your outdoor events this summer. When you’re manning the BBQ, or watching a bunch of kids at a pool party, you don’t have time to trek back to the kitchen to grab a paper towel every time you need one. Try this: cut the […]

Store hair tools the easy way when you travel–whether on a long-distance flight or a short-distance drive home from the gym. Use a clean pot holder to tuck away your curling iron, crimper or flat iron. The pot holder’s padding will protect your tools, and its heat resistance will come […]

Iron away deep indentations in your carpet. Furniture can leave deep indents in carpeting, but there’s no need to replace it or even to spring for a steam cleaning. You can create your own mini steam cleaner with an iron. Cover the indentation with a clean, damp towel. Set your iron […]

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Colored dots on the labels of children’s clothing will help your kids identify which piece of clothing is his or hers. For example, if you have three kids, each gets a different color dot. Use a magic marker to place a dot on the inside label of each t-shirt, sweater, pair of […]

A cell phone hack that allows low-tech to meet high-tech: when you want to amplify the sound coming from your mobile phone (and don’t have that little speaker ball handy), just set the phone in a ceramic bowl. Simply grab a bowl from your kitchen cabinet, but make sure it’s ceramic, […]

Oh, that stripped screw! It’s a total mess to work with in the middle of your home improvement DIY project. You’re just trying to unscrew one screw (and you told your family “Hey, this is easy, I can do it!”) but it’s spinning around and around and the more you […]

Remove musty odors from cabinets, drawers and even old suitcases with this simple, natural hack. You know how nasty the places that have been closed up can smell. No need to use bleach to clean them when you can use this simple, old-fashioned method. You’ll need some white bread and […]

DIY dry erase boards are simple to make with a few things you have handy (or can pick up on your next thrift shop run). Start with a picture frame that still has the glass in place. Put something monochromatic inside–a piece of scrapbook paper, fabric, an old grey t-shirt–that’s […]

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DIY drawer dividers are easy to make with something you probably already have in your closet: shoeboxes. Drawer dividers help you make the most of each dresser drawer. It’s like having a bunch of little drawers in one place, giving you more room and keeping things neat and tidy. Think […]

A little bit of time spent to thoroughly clean your gutters can yield big dividends, in terms of cost savings and peace of mind. Typically this would require setting up a tall ladder and getting to work. Keeping the gutters on your house free of debris can save you tons of […]

Make no-slip hangers the cheap and easy way: with pipe cleaners. You remember pipe cleaners, right? Most of us had at least 10 arts and crafts projects in school that involved pipe cleaners. You can buy them online or at your local superstore (in the kids’ crafts section, not with […]

The iron is so overrated. Mom has one, so do you really need to spend money on one? Hey: you’re busy. You’ve got things to do! No time to iron your shirt? No problem. So just toss your wrinkled shirt into the dryer and add a handful of ice cubes. […]

A pegboard style station is simple to set up and will save so much time! Put all your accessories in one place with this method. Hang a small pegboard in your closet (if you’re lucky enough to have a walk-in closet) or next to your dresser. Add hooks to hang scarves, sunglasses, […]